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Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning

By: Aaron Chalfin, Oren Danieli, Andrew Hillis, Zubin Jelveh, Michael Luca, Jens Ludwig and Sendhil Mullainathan
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Selection and Staffing; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods; Policy
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  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

Werker Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells

present, the business of stem cells remains a fledgling enterprise. Spar says that figures for 2003 reveal that only ten U.S. private-sector firms were actively involved in embryonic stem-cell research, spending just $70 million. For its part, the U.S. View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

from the current level of $6,634, the plan included measures to improve human capital, reduce migration, and privatize inefficient government linked corporations (GLCs). However, the most controversial part of the NEM was the dismantling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
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When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

and recovery to be associated with increases in orders from Hugo Boss's retailer customers Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-034.pdf A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity Authors:Robin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

new fintech entrepreneurs, and banks—small and large—vying for a position. Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to a sample of emerging markets. We obtain that the optimal policy is not to hold reserves at all. This finding is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

impact of business and government on society. After graduating from Stanford University in 1971 in the midst of demonstrations against the Vietnam War, she took a freighter to Peru to work for a government... View Details
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

allowing bonds to be rolled over into private sector retirement accounts; and generally making it easier to purchase bonds by expanding distribution to outlets such as the post office and Wal-Mart. "The federal government spends $350... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

push both proprietary and shared platforms toward hybrid governance models characterized by centralized control over platform technology (i.e., closed sponsorship) and shared responsibility for serving users (i.e., an open provider role).... View Details
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Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows - MBA

creating more equal opportunities for students at scale. Danno Lemu (MBA 2026) Danno is a joint degree MBA/MPP student at HBS and Harvard Kennedy School. He has over four years of experience designing, implementing, and conceiving View Details
  • 07 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

economists predict the effects of changes in immigration of specific ethnic groups. “This notion that if you opened up the immigration spigot then entrepreneurship would happen everywhere is probably not true,” he says. “But if you were to adjust immigration View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

Environmental Policy Making and Implementation Author:Alnoor S. Ebrahim Abstract This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

Hellman, and Ilkin IlyaszadeHarvard Business School Case 811-100 The case study provides an overview of the angel investment practices and describes government policies towards angel and venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank-are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other projects. When aid is given to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

financial management and the usefulness of formal hedging of agricultural production risks was offered to randomly selected farmers in Gujarat, India. The authors evaluate the effect of the financial literacy training and three marketing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Aug 2007
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The Hedge Fund as Activist

to realize, the investment horizon of hedge funds makes them unsuitable overseers of management. Firms that would benefit from modest changes in operating policy or governance, or for which a reduction in CEO pay is to be desired, are not... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

  Publications September 2014 Research in Organizational Behavior The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne